Don’t forget those awful corsages. You could make some really great ones with dead flowers and maybe small bones, skulls, or small bats.
My party theme in 2008 is Zombie Prom as well (actually titled: Prom Night of the Living Dead).
I'm so glad I found this thread, since even though I've been thinking about it so much and brainstorming with anyone who asks about it, I had overlooked the corsages. The dead flowers is a GREAT idea!
Is there someone to possibly be the ultimate monster, like Satan, to be dressed nerdy as acting as the chaperone? Just another crazy idea...
Hey I love this idea. Don't forget abuot the King and Queen of the prom. Maybe you guys could vote on who did the best job at their costume and they could be crowned King and Queen. Ofcourse the crown would be something fitting a dead prom King and Queen
I think you should pick a "school" name like Grave-ly High, Zombie High, etc. etc. It would help unify the whole theme. Sometimes non-Halloween people don't get when we say "dress like the undead". You get a blank stare and hear crickets chirping. Everyone's ideas are great and the corsages are a must. Fake flowers (like Dollar Tree, Big Lots, 99 Cents store type) take spray paint pretty well and you could make them ahead of time. Balloons in your colors (maybe black, green, orange) would be great.
If everyone will be at their desks (an office party?) you could give everyone place cards, then they could write their "name" on it, i.e. Bride of the Dead, Count Vlad, etc. Spookilicious's idea for the King and Queen is great. You could do very cool crowns and a nice bouquet of dead roses!!
Hey I love this idea. Don't forget abuot the King and Queen of the prom. Maybe you guys could vote on who did the best job at their costume and they could be crowned King and Queen. Ofcourse the crown would be something fitting a dead prom King and Queen
We are kinda kicking around the idea of having 2 electric chairs props for the royal couple and as a photo op for the TOTs. I just need to find a couple of vibrating motors and some sort of switch so sitting down sets them off.
Yeah! Do it. Do the electric chairs. Or you can do really oversized chairs done up all goth like. Either way I like the chairs idea. I like the vibrating motors idea as well. Make sure you post some pics when you are done making the chairs and definatley post pics of the whole party. Good luck
One of my best friends and party enthusiasts emailed me with good news today, and I thought I'd pass it along as a possible idea to others. He's a high school teacher and has scored me access to acquire the prom decorations after they are finished with them this year. They don't reuse or store them, so we are free to have anything we want afterwards. Luckily, they have ordered the decorations off the internet with a darker theme that can be used for the zombie prom. Here's the link to the theme:
This will save me buying/making the entire backdrop for pictures. I'll just enhance it with webs, etc. Maybe a couple of calls to local schools will turn up a bounty for you as well...
This just means more time/money for other props and decor!
I think that's a great idea and with the real prom decoration you can save so much money. I would try to talk to some local flower shops if they could make some black roses or maybe they got some decayed flowers you could have for free.
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